North Queensland Native Stingless Bees - Removing Old Wax
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- North Queensland Native Stingless Bees - Removing Old Wax - More On Native Bees Marking Areas
I have shown species like hockingsi have this habit of heavily marking areas well outside their hive. In fact these markings cant be just scent, as they have physical substance to them. You can pick at it, roll it, paste it. This video shows it being newly deposited outside a hive, and as you can see, ITS LUMPY. So what is it. Its old wax at the the end of its life. It has been processed to death and reused over and over again, Now the remains of that are discarded, but not dumped as its still useful. The bees use this stuff as a marker, telling other bees this hive is strong and dont come near.
Thanks Graham, I will forward this information onto our daughter. You also have another amateur native bee keeper following your informative & helpful videos. She subscribed to you a few days ago. Once again thanks for your help & we will keep you informed of the outcome.
Hello Graham, finally the bees are doing their thing. They are going in & out without any issues. Thanks for your suggestion to leave them alone. My main concern was because I've had a situation previously where I rescued a hive and the bees refused to leave the new bee box to the extent they all died but fortunately that was not the case this time. As I can't email you direct I'm going to ask on this public forum, is it ok to do a brood lift/bump this time of the year with Hockingsi. I live in Hervey Bay where the temperature gets down to 7 or 8 degrees in winter. I have a hive that is very full and has got a honey excluder on it. There is quite a lot of honey in this section & I have already educated a hive from it this season using the brood lift method. I was a bit apprehensive to do another one this close to winter. Thanks Terry H
Hello Graham, recently my daughter rescued a native bee hive from a fire hydrant in Agnes Water. This was done on Monday night this week. To date the bees have not exited the hive at all. They are rebuilding the involcrum but don't seem to have any interest in leaving the hive even when the lid is partially removed from the bee box. We have put a ring of propolis around the entry/exit hole both on the inside and the outside. We're open to suggestions of what to do to remedy the situation if anything is even necessary at this stage. Thanks Terry
As your out of the tropics, I would say your fine. The climate is definitely cooler now, and the bees probably are more inclined to stay in the hive and fully repair it for the cooler months than go out foraging. As long as there are no pests in the hive, especially phorid fly, leave wel enough alone. The bees will come out in all good time. BUT, do make sure there are no pests.